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News from Bellerbys Brighton
Brighton Students Finish 11th in a Nationwide Investment Competition
A team from Bellerbys Brighton last month finished 11th out of 8,000 entrants in a UK wide investment game for students, the Student Portfolio Challenge 2007/8. This is a remarkable achievement.
The group named Glitter, assisted by their teacher, Duncan Stringer, managed to turn a virtual portfolio of £96,000 into £215,700 in just three months. This is especially impressive given the recent falling stock markets across the world.
All students are studying A Levels at Bellerbys Brighton and are captained by Wang Li (Lily), who is obviously highly talented in this field and wishes to pursue a career in Financial Engineering. Her team mates are Ying Peng (Leo), Yu Qi Zhu (Peter) and Liu Lindi (Lindy).
Glitter will now progress to the Regional Finals in London on 19th March. The top prize for the winning team is a trip to Wall Street, New York, plus prize money for both the group and their school. We wish them the very best of luck!
Official Brighton Study Centre Launch Ceremony
The official launch ceremony of the new Bellerbys Brighton Study Centre took place on Tuesday 12th February 2008. Invited guests included Lord Tomlinson, Chairman of the Association of Independent Higher Education Providers, of which Bellerbys was the founding member, and the Mayor of Brighton & Hove.
The event began with tours of the building for our guests followed by speeches in the Examinations Hall by Lord Tomlinson and Heith Mackay-Cruise, CEO of Study Group.
A plaque to celebrate the event was then unveiled by four students, including Iliyas Issatayev from Kazakhstan, our top performing A Level student in 2007. Iliyas achieved an outstanding six A Levels at grade A and is now studying at London School of Economics.
Following the unveiling, drinks and canapés were then served in the atrium whilst students and staff entertained the guests.
Brian Lin Ka Shing and Joy Yi Zhao (pictured right wth Michael Cornes, Operations Director of Study Group UK) both performed Beethoven sonatas. Brian performed the 'Pathetique' with all the revolutionary verve and passion that Beethoven intended when he wrote the piece and Joy played the 'Moonlight Sonata' with the gentle wistfulness expected of a romantic a few days before Valentine's.
The other performers at the Opening Ceremony included teachers Derek McAleese who performed a stunning range of classical Spanish guitar pieces, Carol Alderson who accompanied Brian on 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow'; Assa from Kazakhstan who performed a Kazakh national dance - Assa has performed with the Kazakh National Dance Troupe; the College Rock Band (who don't have a name yet) and Anna who closed the show with a wonderful medley of hits from Pink.
Maths Magic!
Bellerbys' Brighton students won no less than 25 Gold, 15 Silver and 12 Bronze certificates in the UK Maths Trust Senior Maths challenge in November 2007, whose results have recently been announced.
Jun Chen, 17, from Foshan City, China, was the top student who answered all 25 mind numbing questions within the time set. 'I'm so happy with my result,' commented Jun, who is aiming to study Biomedical Science at Imperial College, London, when she has completed her A level course in Brighton.
Dick Dixon, Head of Maths, noted, 'Once again our students have done us proud - we have some excellent mathematicians here and they seem to get better every year!'
Music Club Visit Romania Thanks to the EU Comenius Project
The Bellerbys Brighton Music Club this year visited Baia Mare in Transylvania, Romania. The trip was funded by the EU's Comenius project and the Music Club performed in the Muramares National Theatre before an audience of five hundred, including the local MP and Mayor. The students who performed were Van Anh Pham, Katie Anh, Agnes Wan, Zoey Zhang, Cindy Lu, Fatima Jafarova and Andy Li. Economics Teacher, Andrew Stephenson, accompanied the group. Below, Agnes Wan tells us about their exciting trip.
"To welcome Romania to the European Union, a group of us participated in this event specially organized in Baia Mare, Romania. During this six-day trip we spent three days travelling! The remaining three days recorded our moments of cultural exchange and joyous experience.
We spent the second day settling in our host families and then on day three we went to see the mountains and a traditional Romanian village. We had the chance to watch a wonderful performance by little Romanian children in their traditional costumes. Then we tried an outdoor special lunch in the village and tasted Romanian food like corn and cheese porridge, Romanian doughnuts,and so on.
Day four marked the climax of our trip. We met with teachers and students from Romania and Italy to discuss the future development of the Comenius project. Then we had a quiz on the European Union and luckily our school team came in third! Hurray! The evening programme was superb with performances from all the participating colleges. Everyone was so excited about his or her performance. Our performance included a piano recital, a duet, solo and group singing as well as a belly dance. All our performances were highly appreciated by the audience. We had a small party to celebrate the success of this evening event.
Day five was a day of sightseeing and shopping. We went to the Mineralogy Museum where we were all amazed by the huge range of minerals that Baia Mare has. We did some shopping and bought some Romanian souvenirs to bring back to Brighton. Then we had to say goodbye to the hospitable Romanians and the warmhearted Italians. We parted with dismay but with a wish that we might meet again some time in the future. This was definitely a worthwhile trip giving us unforgettable experiences and exposure, which we would be unable to obtain from books. On behalf of all the participants, let me convey our sincere thanks to our teacher, Mr.Stephenson, who used his valuable time to take us on this much-valued eye-opening trip."
Bellerbys Brighton Students go on to Great Things!
From time to time universities get in touch to tell us about the continuing success of our graduates, below are just a few.
* First Class Honours
** Now studying for a Masters at Cambridge University
Are you a Bellerbys College graduate? Let us know how you are getting on: editor@bellerbys.com
Top Bellerbys Student Acts as an Ambassador for the College
Agnes Wan is having a great year! Agnes was one of our top 10 A Levels students in 2007, achieving outstanding grades (AAAAa) and securing a place at Cambridge University to read Law. She was also awarded the Principal's Prize and gave an excellent speech to her peers at the college graduation ceremony entitled 'All of our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them'.
Surely there could be no better person to act as an ambassador for Bellerbys College in her home country! Just two days after receiving her excellent A Level results Agnes kindly took a day out of her holiday to do just that on the Bellerbys College stand at the UK Education Expo (pictured below, far left). Here she met with prospective students and their parents and told them about her time at Bellerbys College.
Agnes was happy to help parents and students make their decision about where to study. "Last weekend at the UK Education Expo, the Bellerbys College booth attracted a lot of people, both prospective students and parents. I felt so excited explaining to them about the new campus and how they or their children can fit into the learning system provided by the school. They seemed very impressed by the students' results and the modern Brighton centre."
We wish the best of luck to Agnes as she spends her gap year working for a Law firm in Hong Kong. In September 2008 she will then take up her place to study Law at St John's College, University of Cambridge. We are sure that we will hear of her success again in future.
Read what Agnes had to say about her time at Bellerbys
Two Bellerbys Students Achieve Firsts at University of Cambridge
We are delighted to announce that two former Bellerbys Brighton students have achieved
First Class awards on their courses at the University of Cambridge.
Julia Artamonova from Russia, who studied A Levels at Brighton from 2002-2004, has this month been awarded a First Class degree in Economics by Trinity College, University of Cambridge.
Dmitriy Myelnikov from Ukraine, who left Bellerbys last year with five A Levels at grade A,
has achieved First Class in his first year examinations on his Natural Sciences (Biological) degree. Dmitriy, who is studying at Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge, has also been awarded the College Prize and a Senior Scholarship for his second year of study.
Many congratulations to both students!
Read more about Dmitriy's time at University of Cambridge
New Study Centre Building is Almost Complete!
The new Brighton Study Centre was unveiled last month when the scaffolding and covers
were removed from the outside of the building.
We are happy to report that the building project is running to schedule and the brand-new college and residence will be ready to welcome students during the autumn break in October 2007.
We're also proud to report that the Study Centre will be an environmentally-friendly building, emitting 40% less carbon dioxide than other buildings of a similar size. There will be low energy lighting, high insulation including planted roof areas and a computerised system
which will continually monitor the efficiency of the building and its energy consumption. When the computer detects that a room is empty (through movement and CO2 sensors) the heating or cooling and lighting to that area is reduced or turned off. There will even be bird boxes on the roof to encourage vists from swallows and swifts!
Contact us to find out more about studying at the Study Centre
Find out about courses starting in September
Bellerbys Brighton Awards Ceremony & May Ball 2007
The Bellerbys Brighton Awards Ceremony took place on Friday 1st June. Staff and students alike enjoyed this great formal occasion which recognised the hard work and success of all
the students who were presented with their certificates by the Principal, Nigel Addison.
Prizes for the best students were awarded to:
Agnes Wan from China - Principal's Prize
Huyen Tram Ngo from Vietnam - Best A Level Student
Elizaveta Ermolemko from Russia - Best Foundation Student
Ksenia Rostislaveva from Russia - Best GCSE Student
Dzmitry Hryshkevich from Belarus - Best Degree Level Student
Yang Qinjie from China - Best English Language Preparation Student
Agnes Wan, who won the Principal's Prize and has a conditional offer to study Law at Cambridge University, gave a speech to thank the teachers and all the staff at the college for their excellent teaching, care and guidance during her course, on behalf of all the students.
After the Awards Ceremony, students celebrated their graduation at the May Ball which this year had the theme of 'Arabian Nights'. The Hall was decorated with exotic silks and shapes and Music Society students provided the entertainment. Later in the evening, three brave students - Fatima Jafarova, Yasodhaa Ganesan and Ambika Bhartia, provided an exciting Indian and Arabic dance routine which was much appreciated by the audience.